Apple is building a massive R&D complex in San Jose

Apple is one step closer to building a massive complex in San
Jose, California, after its city council unanimously approved a
development agreement on Tuesday evening,
the San Jose Business Journal reports.

The site will be used for research and development, according to
San Jose's city council.

"While much speculation has surrounded the actual activity
proposed for the site, Apple has recently revealed that research
and development will constitute a primary function of this
campus. No better place than San Jose exists for R&D at this
scale, as other recent investments attest," reads a memo signed
by Mayor Sam Liccardo and other council members.

"We’re still studying the site to determine the best
use for us. At this point, it looks like it will be office and
R&D," Christina Rapse, senior
director of real estate for Apple, said at the public
hearing.

The complex, which is across the 101 highway near San Jose's
airport, covers 86 acres, and the development agreement
allows Apple to construct as many as 4.15 million square feet of
space, which would be larger than Apple's current main campus in
Cupertino.

Apple's current campus at 1 Infinite Loop only comprises 850,000
square feet, and its planned 'Spaceship' Campus 2, currently
under construction, will house 13,000 employees in 2.8 million
square feet of floor space.

A thousand Apple employees will move into existing buildings
on the San Jose site "within a few short months from now,"
according to city documents, while Apple builds out the
rest of the campus.